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Desenmascarar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to unmask, reveal, expose”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desenmascarar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to unmask, reveal, expose |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desenmascarar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desenmascarando) and past continuous (estaba desenmascarando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. unmasking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desenmascarado and hubiera desenmascarado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have unmasked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desenmascarando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desenmascarado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I unmask” or “they unmask”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desenmascaro |
| Tú | desenmascaras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenmascara |
| Nosotros / as | desenmascaramos |
| Vosotros / as | desenmascaráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenmascaran |
| Vos | desenmascarás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I unmasked” or “she unmasked” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desenmascaré | I unmasked |
| Tú | desenmascaraste | You unmasked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenmascaró | He / she / you unmasked |
| Nosotros / as | desenmascaramos | We unmasked |
| Vosotros / as | desenmascarasteis | You unmasked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenmascararon | They / you unmasked |
| Vos | desenmascaraste | You unmasked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was unmasking” or “she was unmasking” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desenmascaraba | I was unmasking |
| Tú | desenmascarabas | You were unmasking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenmascaraba | He was / she was / you were unmasking |
| Nosotros / as | desenmascarábamos | We were unmasking |
| Vosotros / as | desenmascarabais | You were unmasking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenmascaraban | They / you were unmasking |
| Vos | desenmascarabas | You were unmasking |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have unmasked” and “she has unmasked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desenmascarado | I have unmasked |
| Tú | has desenmascarado | You have unmasked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desenmascarado | He has / she has / you have unmasked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desenmascarado | We have unmasked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desenmascarado | You have unmasked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desenmascarado | They / you have unmasked |
| Vos | has desenmascarado | You have unmasked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would unmask” or “she would unmask”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desenmascararía | I would unmask |
| Tú | desenmascararías | You would unmask |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenmascararía | He / she / you would unmask |
| Nosotros / as | desenmascararíamos | We would unmask |
| Vosotros / as | desenmascararíais | You would unmask |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenmascararían | They / you would unmask |
| Vos | desenmascararías | You would unmask |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will unmask” or “they will unmask”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a desenmascarar” means “They are going to unmask”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desenmascararé | I will unmask |
| Tú | desenmascararás | You will unmask |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenmascarará | He / she / you will unmask |
| Nosotros / as | desenmascararemos | We will unmask |
| Vosotros / as | desenmascararéis | You will unmask |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenmascararán | They / you will unmask |
| Vos | desenmascararás | You will unmask |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desenmascare |
| Tú | desenmascares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenmascare |
| Nosotros / as | desenmascaremos |
| Vosotros / as | desenmascaréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenmascaren |
| Vos | desenmascares |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desenmascarara | desenmascarase |
| Tú | desenmascararas | desenmascarase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenmascarara | desenmascarase |
| Nosotros / as | desenmascaráramos | desenmascarásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desenmascararais | desenmascaraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenmascararan | desenmascarasen |
| Vos | desenmascararas | desenmascarase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desenmascarare |
| Tú | desenmascarares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenmascarare |
| Nosotros / as | desenmascaráremos |
| Vosotros / as | desenmascarareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenmascararen |
| Vos | desenmascarares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “unmask!” and “don’t unmask!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desenmascara | no desenmascares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desenmascare | no desenmascare |
| Nosotros / as | desenmascaremos | no desenmascaremos |
| Vosotros / as | desenmascarad | no desenmascaréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desenmascaren | no desenmascaren |
| Vos | desenmascará | no desenmascares |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desenmascarado |
| Tú | hayas desenmascarado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desenmascarado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desenmascarado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desenmascarado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desenmascarado |
| Vos | hayas desenmascarado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desenmascarado / hubiese desenmascarado |
| Tú | hubieras desenmascarado / hubieses desenmascarado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desenmascarado / hubiese desenmascarado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desenmascarado / hubiésemos desenmascarado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desenmascarado / hubieseis desenmascarado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desenmascarado / hubiesen desenmascarado |
| Vos | hubieras desenmascarado / hubieses desenmascarado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desenmascarado |
| Tú | hubieres desenmascarado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desenmascarado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desenmascarado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desenmascarado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desenmascarado |
| Vos | hubieres desenmascarado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desenmascarando |
| Tú | estés desenmascarando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desenmascarando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desenmascarando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desenmascarando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desenmascarando |
| Vos | estés desenmascarando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desenmascarando / estuviese desenmascarando |
| Tú | estuvieras desenmascarando / estuvieses desenmascarando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desenmascarando / estuviese desenmascarando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desenmascarando / estuviésamos desenmascarando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desenmascarando / estuvieseis desenmascarando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desenmascarando / estuviese desenmascarando |
| Vos | estuvieras desenmascarando / estuvieses desenmascarando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desenmascarando |
| Tú | estuvieres desenmascarando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desenmascarando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desenmascarando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desenmascarando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desenmascarando |
| Vos | estuvieres desenmascarando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos desenmascarás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desenmascaraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desenmascarabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desenmascararías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desenmascararás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desenmascares |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desenmascararas / Vos desenmascarase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desenmascará |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desenmascares |